needing two sentences with "time of day" checked

Question

I need to communicate with a bilingual Ecuadorian professor. Although our Skype conversation will mostly be in English, our emails are in Spanish. Please tell me whether my excerpt, below, is grammatically correct. Thank you...

"¿Tendría usted algún tiempo esta semana para reunirse conmigo? Mañana estoy disponible a las 5:00 hasta 6:00 o hasta 2:00. El jueves no tengo nada programado y el viernes sólo una reunión a las 3:00 hasta 4:00."

I usually say "desde...hasta" or "de...a". Using "a" at the start (for from) lacks sense to me. :) - bosquederoble, Feb 21, 2017

I also can't quite get (from) 5:00 until 6:00 or until 2:00 mentally in either language was that meant to be 7:00? :) - bosquederoble, Feb 21, 2017

Answer 1

El jueves no tengo nada programado

I agree with Bosquederoble´s answers and in addition for your sentence above "nada pendiente" sounds more natural.

Thanks, Julian- I wondered but I heard a native speaker use programar una cita just today, so I though it could be okay. :) - bosquederoble, Feb 22, 2017

Answer 2

Hey, bosquederobl!

I appreciate your fast followup. The English translation is below.

"Tomorrow I am available from 5:00 to 6:00 or until 2:00. On Thursday I have nothing scheduled and on Friday only a meeting from 3:00 to 4:00."

I might try antes de las 2:00 o desde las 5:00 hasta las 6:00. To avoid the confusion I had. I understood everything else at it looked okay to me, but I am not a native speaker. - bosquederoble, Feb 21, 2017

The 5:00 to 6:00 or until 2:00 still doesn't make since to me. Are you talking about morning time or afternoon time? I think that my help clarify things. - k_nelson, Feb 21, 2017

Sorry, bosquederobl. I didn't see your answer until I left my comment. - k_nelson, Feb 21, 2017